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Bloggings On Dysfunctional GovernmentAngelo A. Paparelli writes "Just when US employers thought the bad vibes emanating from USCIS could get no worse, the agency tasked with deciding whether to approve or reject requests for immigration benefits has come up with VIBE - its new Verification Initiative for Business Enterprises which costs a whopping $35,506,760.43."

DOL On Prevailing Wage Determinations
The Department of Labor published notice in the Federal Register that as of January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center in Washington, DC, will receive and process prevailing wage determination requests for use in the H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-1C, H-2B, E-3 (Australia), and permanent labor certification programs.

Help Wanted: Immigration Professional
Washington, DC - The American Council on International Personnel seeks a director of agency liaison. Work with ACIP members and federal immigration agencies to improve immigration policies/procedures for large multinational employers. Maintain relationships with policymakers and report on agency activities, organize and report on liaison meetings, identify emerging global mobility trends and explore best practices, draf Fed Register comments and amicus briefs as needed, analyze new policies and procedures, and communicate changes to members through weekly email bulletins, website updates, webcasts, and other venues. Involved in planning ACIP's Annual Symposium in June. Public speaking and travel required. Ideal candidate has law degree, detailed knowledge of business immigration laws + procedures, understanding of global mobility best practices, experience filing immigration applications on behalf of large employers, liaison experience, ability to juggle shifting priorities, excellent writing skills + ideas for improving immigration system. Send resume, cover letter, references + writing sample to lynn_shotwell@acip.com.

E-3 Treaty Visa
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BIA Delivery Service
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Immigration And Theology, An Uneasy Divide
But the restrictionists for the first time are mounting a serious theological challenge, setting off a little-reported battle for the nation's soul that may be more important than all the political posturing in Washington.

Chicago Immigration Activist Now a Congressional Candidate
With dual citizenship and an extensive career that began the moment he arrived in Chicago in 1988, Jorge Mujica Murias decided to announce his candidacy for the third congressional district in Illinois as a Democrat, a seat held by Rep. Daniel Lipinski, also a Democrat.

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Dear Editor:
Robert Yang's letters have written many provocative (in a good way) letters to the Editor. Lately though his letters claim talk more about foreign wars and healthcare costs. His last letter (12/04/09 ID) also featured his dislike of religion, his conviction that conservatives are often closeted homosexuals, something about Anglos Saxons and climate research and his envy of preferential treatment for former East Germans or Cubans (How about people who fled to Hong Kong? Was that wrong too?) in contrast to the treatment of Haitians and Mexicans. That's all fascinating perhaps, but in ID, only the disparity in treatment of immigrants from various locations is relevant. My parting factual quibble that the cost of the Afghan surge - $38 billion - is projected to be about half the cost of the bailout to GM - over $60 billion -, much less the cost of the bailouts or the healthcare bill - is similarly irrelevant to ID's readers, but is offered in the interest of keeping the thread factually grounded if we are forced to return to it again.

Honza Prchal, Esq.
Birmingham, AL

Dear Editor:
With all due respect to Sergi Sheplov, I believe that his (12/4/09 ID) letter misunderstands Jim Roberts' letters' opposition to recognizing the children of illegal immigrants as US citizens. As I read Mr. Roberts' letters, they are against recognizing these children as US citizens under any circumstances. Unlike Mr. Sheplov's above letter, I do not find anything in Mr. Roberts' letters to suggest that illegal immigrants' children should only be "exiled" from the US during their minority and then readmitted as US citizens when they become adults. As I understand Mr. Roberts' letters, these children are illegally in the US from the moment of birth and should be kicked out permanently. I am confident that a future letter of Mr. Roberts will correct me if this is wrong. This brings us to the main point of the controversy over what Mr. Roberts' letters call "cheapened birth citizenship" and other opponents of Latino immigration call "anchor babies". This point, which Mr. Roberts' letters stubbornly insist on ignoring, is that (with very few exceptions) any child born in the US is automatically a citizen under the US Constitution. If Mr. Roberts' letters are dissatisfied with his country's Constitution, there is a legal procedure, described in the Constitution itself, to amend it. Opponents of immigration always want our country's laws to be followed strictly and to the letter. Except, that is, for the laws they don't like.

Roger Algase, Esq.
New York, NY

Dear Editor:
Regarding Letters of 12/4/09 ID, I think we all can agree with S. Sheplov's letter that the, migration issue is, "extremely complex'. But it is the restrictionists who are trying to responsibly deal with the unwise, massive entry numbers to avoid kicking the, "can down the road for future generations to deal with". Read Frosty Wooldridge's "Let's Pack America with Another 100 Million People in 26 Years Just To See What Happens". Also, "Abuse of the 14th Amendment by illegal aliens
is Destroying this Nation" by Dave Gibson of the Norfolk Crime Examiner. While we can't "unring the bell" on past abuses, we can reduce future problems by restricting entry including correcting this now as the 14th Amd. was never intended to include children of illegals which does cheapen citizenship. How does breaking our laws and having a child here by parents who are not citizens enhance citizenship? There is no respect for our laws or US and contributes to cultural separatism, not allegiance which is needed to maintain the fabric of our Nation. The letter blames and covets US for the deficiencies of others and we do have our own problems. The R. Yang letter seems to believe that repeating the same rants makes them valid or relevant.
The R. Algase letter berates Janet N. of DHS and seems unawares that she is in support of CIR and has weakened many enforcement policies
including 287g. This caused a recent letter of protest by 11 Senators
which stated, "Unfortunately, we have seen a dilution of enforcement
initiatives in the last several months that make us question your
committment" (to enforcement), and then listed several specific areas of
concern. Like the White House dinner crashers, some people just don't care for rules, only their desires.

Jim Roberts

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